Taj Mahal

'Robert Johnson at 100'

Running The Numbers: The Four-Disc, 73-Track Bob Dylan Covers Comp With Miley, Ke$ha, Lenny, And Many Others

​Today Amnesty International releases Chimes Of Freedom, a really, really huge compilation of bob Dylan covers by artists both canonized and obscure. Trying to analyze such a huge undertaking can only be done in one way: Mathematically. Amount of music in this collection: 73 songs on four CD ... More >>

Film Classics I Don't Want To See In 3D

Disney has learned that if you bring back a classic cartoon in 3-D, you make many more dimensions of moola. But I pray the same trend doesn't hit some other types of screen gems because in my lifetime, I absolutely never want to see the following: *Gandhi in 3-D Thrill to Mahatma's protruding ri ... More >>

Just a Hard-On Away From the Presidency

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 2, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 44 Just a hard-on away from the Presidency by Bob Williams I was just a hard-on away from the Presidency, in a darkened room somewhere off the corridors of power. On a small screen a man and woman were ... More >>

Live: The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Michael Stipe, And Patti Smith Dominate Carnegie Hall's Tibet House Benefit

Patti Smith, leading the charge as always. Pic by Tracy Ketcher.​21st-Annual Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert Starring The Flaming Lips, the Roots, Taj Mahal, Michael Stipe, etc. Carnegie Hall Thursday, March 3 Better Than: "Auld Lang Syne" "Beauty is power -- violence is weak," we are told ... More >>

Vindaloo for You! An NYC Curry Crawl.

Victoria BekiempisNo need to hurry to Curry in a Hurry​ Every now and then, even the most misanthropic, bookish types need a little excitement in their lives -- more spice, if you will -- than looking at framed pictures of their cats between sips of Earl Grey. Exotic food, in particular, helps ... More >>

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Vict ... More >>

Barack Obama in India, New York Times

​President Barack Obama kicked off his Asia trip in India today with a speech at the Taj Mahal Palace, the very same hotel attacked by terrorists two years ago, as a symbolic gesture "absolutely" meant to send a message. Obama has made a priority of strengthening ties with India and other Asia ... More >>

Taj Mahal Closed for Renovations

​Though it's not particularly distinguished from its Curry Row neighbors, Taj Mahal is a reliable enough place for Mulligatawny soup and shrimp tandoori masala and, according to one Yelper, has a "killer sitar player." According to this sign on its gate, it's closed for renovations but will be ... More >>

THE THRILL AIN'T GONE

James Cotton wails at Lincoln Center

The Yippies Are Here! Plans for a Grand Central Party, Which Will Go Horribly Wrong

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 21, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 23 Scenes by Howard Smith LAST YEAR the name of the game was the "Be-In," this year it looks like "Yip-In." At midnight on Friday, March 22, the yippies...will have a Yip-In in Grand Central Station. At l ... More >>

New Tamarind Tribeca Opens Monday with Pan-Indian Regional Dishes

Tamarind pods​Tamarind Tribeca will open on Monday, with two levels, 175 seats, and a team of chefs rather than one executive chef. Although ordinary dishes like the dreaded chicken tikka masala make appearances, the menu is mainly composed of regional dishes from around India. Since upscale I ... More >>

Levi Johnston Bares All in Exclusive Interview!

Palin the 'big backstabber,' he says. Plus: Don't ask, do tell.

The Pet-Death Business

All dogs go to heaven. Yours will probably get there in an urn.

Live: Toumani Diabate Gives Pounds to the Crowd at Le Poisson Rouge

Diabate and the Symmetric Orchestra, elsewhere.One of my favorite listening moments of last year came at the tail end of kora player Toumani Diabate's stunning solo display, The Mande Variations. After an elaborate showcase that wound through a classical piece commemorating Alexander the Great and a ... More >>

Yankee Stadium Opener Has Yogi, Sousa, Finger, Tommy Bahama

The new Yankee Stadium will hold its first MLB regular season game today, with the Bombers facing Cleveland. The park opened at 10 a.m. (reporters are already filing about the "Taj Mahal of baseball parks") and opening ceremonies will commence around noon with the West Point Marching Band performing ... More >>

NOUVELLE/ANCIENNE

Toumani Diabaté's kora fusion bridges the gap

Why It's Hell to Be a Bottom

Toumani Diabaté's kora fusion bridges the gap

Cotton Comes to Harlem

Toumani Diabaté's kora fusion bridges the gap

Making Things Better. Maybe

An Irish group does a brainy quickstep in downtown NYC

Hollywood's Self-Reflexive Post-9-11 Movie

An Irish group does a brainy quickstep in downtown NYC

Asphalt Jungle

25 acres with over 2,500 sculptures made from discarded bits and pieces

Still On the Waterfront

Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

All the World's a Park in Jia's Tale of Hard-Luck Globetrotters

Long plagued by Johnny Friendlys, dockworkers fight to take back a mob-infested union

Show Me the Money

Trump continues to claim that he's not a worthless human being

Delhi Laughs

A funny thing happened on the way to the mosque: Brooks gets lost in translation

The 'Other' R&B

Sophistipop at summer's end, remembering the global fusion of the '70s

Lonely Planet

The next best thing: Jia's youthful dreamers want the world but settle for ersatz replica

Music

The next best thing: Jia's youthful dreamers want the world but settle for ersatz replica

Good Morning Little School Girl

Taking a manifestly skillful, manifestly simplistic oeuvre seriously now that it's news

Act Up

Pushing the modernist ideal further than it could go

Booze Cruise

Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

Oh, Norman!

Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

Horoscope

Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

Computer Love

Ten Inventive Signature Cocktails Shake Things Up This Fall

Kirov Classics Hit and Miss

Lavish Russian Productions of Ballet Warhorses at the Met

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Lavish Russian Productions of Ballet Warhorses at the Met

Born Under a Bad Sign

Blues You Can Use Before History Uses You

Pier-Less

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Some Like It Hot

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Give the Gift of UniMoth

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Letters

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Getting Them Straight

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Sports

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Yo! Soy!

The Cancellation of a Favorite Antiques Show

Long Time Coming

Africa Fete Welcomes a Zimbabwean Star

Baby Gets Back

Africa Fete Welcomes a Zimbabwean Star

Outside Ozona

Africa Fete Welcomes a Zimbabwean Star

Rock & Roll

Blues, In Progress and Motion

The Saga of 223 Water Street

Artists vs. Workers vs. Landlords on the Brooklyn Waterfront